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The Top 32 for this event is awesome. Popular Decks like Samurais, Gravekeepers, Gladiator Beasts, and all sorts of Plant Synchro variants have made the cut to the Playoffs, but Decks like Blackwings, Scraps, and a host of surprise strategies like Flamvells, Zombies, T.G.’s, and Worms are also in contention! This round we’ll see Johnathan Harrison take Blackwings against Jason Gilbert’s Doppel Synchro Deck.Read more…

Johnathan Harrison is 5-1 in this tournament with Blackwings, traveling here this weekend from Washington D.C. to secure one of the best records for a Blackwing Duelist so far this weekend. His opponent is Orlando native Matthew Williamson, piloting a Chaos Plant Synchro Deck.Read more…

Kevin Silva and Ramon Mera both have 8-2 records, which means their life in the tournament is at stake in this Match. Silva made it here with Dragunities, and his opponent, Ramon Mera, is running a Deck he nicknamed “Spirit Wings” – a Blackwing Deck that Main Decks 2 copies of Spirit Reaper. Lots of Icarus Attacks may be flying around in this Match, and effective use of it may prove to be difference between victory and defeat.Read more…

With a 5-1 record so far, Courtney Waller is 1 of the highest-ranked Blackwing Duelists in today’s tournament. Armed with a Vayu Turbo build, he’s scored some impressive wins so far today. His opponent is Kuanchang Lai, a Samurai Duelist who’s also 5-1 so far. The winner of this Match would have a strong shot at Day 2, while the defeated Duelist would have to work hard to make up lost ground in the Swiss Rounds.Read more…

Only 8 Duelists remained in this tournament, and after this Round only 4 would be left in contention! Kenny Kwan hails from Queens, New York, and is here playing Quickdraw. His opponent is Guillermo Morales, a Blackwing Duelist from New Jersey. Both of these Duelists have been to Championship-level tournaments in the past, but this is their first time breaking into the Playoff Rounds. Now, one of them would be headed to the Top 4.

Alistar Constantine and Alexander Martin are both 8-0 in the tournament and sitting at Table 1. With just 2 more rounds of Swiss left, a win here will guarantee one of these Duelists a spot in the Top 32. Constantine’s Blackwing Deck may have an edge over Martin’s Quickdraw Dandywarrior Deck thanks to Blackwing – Bora the Spear, but an early setup on Martin’s field could be trouble for Constantine.

Blackwing Decks always have a lot going for them. Blackwing – Vayu the Emblem of Honor, Blackwing – Bora the Spear, and Blackwing – Shura the Blue Flame give them speed and fast Special Summoning. Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind and Blackwing – Blizzard the far North make for easy Synchro Summons. They have great exclusive Synchro Monsters like BlackwingArmorMaster, and they’ve got powerful control cards like Blackwing – Kalut the Moon Shadow and IcarusAttack. It all adds up to an aggressive strategy riddled with surprises and the ability to destroy cards unexpectedly. Blackwings have been played to multiple Championship wins, and it’s not likely for them to stop any time soon.

With nearly two thirds of Day 1 now in the record books, it seemed like a good time to take a peek at the action on Table 1. Sasha Del Conte traveled here this weekend from Montreal, Quebec, while his opponent Justin Reyes is from right here, in Toronto. Reyes is playing X-Sabers, while Conte is playing Blackwings.

Beau Sherbok traveled here this weekend from Niagara, while Michael is a native of nearby Brantford, Ontario. While Sherbok is running Blackwings, his opponent Boire is playing a Dragon Deck using Delta Flyer to smooth out his Synchro Summons and Dandylion to make his Debris Dragons even better while fueling the effects of Scrap Dragon and Trident Dragion. Boire’s Deck is really good at Summoning big monsters, and it’s especially good at Synchro Summoning – but if he overreaches here, he could lose out to cards like Blackwing – Shura the Blue Flame and IcarusAttack. This one was anybody’s game.